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let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it for five years, so in theory, it has to be destroyed after that. another program we are learning about collected e-mail metadata. so they are doing e-mail, too. they say that ended in 2011. >> walk us through the metadata. what exactly is that? why is it important in this data collection program? >> when you are investigating terrorism, what you are looking for is not just individual people, but networks. if you found one person, you're interested and who else is working with them? you want to look at who they communicate with. this inform
let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it...
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and the life of nsa -- let's go pre-cyber. nsa, you always had a trade-off between the two squads. when you discover a vulnerability, do you want to exploit it to play offense or do you want to fix it to play defense? back in the pre-cyber world we had a pretty well-worn road as is.here the line i am willing to enter into a debate that that line might not be in the wrong place. that the old approach to it, the old calculation -- i want to keep that home ability because i want to use it in the future -- might actually be technically correct, operationally sound in a discrete one-off decision kind cumulative effect of the discreetly correct decisions has been a real strategic problem that industry vulnerabilities out there. i actually think the trend line and the more we can accelerate it, the better. it will go too far. you know how it works. and we will pick it back a little bit. but i think the trend line now is in the direction of more defense, even if it has to be at the expense of offense. the degree of what we need to do with the trendline is to accelerate it, because i think
and the life of nsa -- let's go pre-cyber. nsa, you always had a trade-off between the two squads. when you discover a vulnerability, do you want to exploit it to play offense or do you want to fix it to play defense? back in the pre-cyber world we had a pretty well-worn road as is.here the line i am willing to enter into a debate that that line might not be in the wrong place. that the old approach to it, the old calculation -- i want to keep that home ability because i want to use it in the...
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we found out about azazi through a nsa 702 coverage. he was talking to an al qaeda courier and asking for his help to perfect explosives recipe. for that we would not have known about the plot. we followed that up with legal process and had fisa coverage on him and others as we fully investigated the plot. 215 was also involved as a previously mentioned where we also, through legal process, were submitting legal process for telephone numbers and other e-mail addresses and other selectors but nsa also provided another number we are unaware of as a co-conspirator. that is an instance where a serious plot to attack america on u.s. soil that we used both these programs. what i say as the chairman mentioned, there is a difference in the utility of the programs. what i say to you is that each and every programming tool is valuable. what we have collectively try to do, the members of the committee, other members of the other oversight committees, the executive branch, and the intelligence community, is we have tried to close those gaps and clo
we found out about azazi through a nsa 702 coverage. he was talking to an al qaeda courier and asking for his help to perfect explosives recipe. for that we would not have known about the plot. we followed that up with legal process and had fisa coverage on him and others as we fully investigated the plot. 215 was also involved as a previously mentioned where we also, through legal process, were submitting legal process for telephone numbers and other e-mail addresses and other selectors but...
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let's talk about the nsa vote. if you have additional stuff we will give you the opportunity to do that. i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. we have had federal judges that look at this and say it is constitutional. we know we have stopped about 50 terrorist attacks. it is a lot to deal with this sort of stuff. i look at who is on the intelligence committees. one of the guys is tom coburn. i was at the oklahoma press association meeting. i watched him stand up and said this has been asked oversight, the most accountable and was absolutely saving american lives. i think there are 14 other members. every single one of them. except one. i think there is one that didn't. written out of the 14 voted that way. both the speaker and the minority leader. we have the snowden revelations. he did not give us an instance of abuse. look at the irs. terrific
let's talk about the nsa vote. if you have additional stuff we will give you the opportunity to do that. i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. we have had federal judges that look at this and say it is constitutional. we know we have stopped about 50 terrorist attacks. it is a lot to deal with this sort of stuff. i look at...
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my experience with the nsa was, what we heard mainly over the last several years, before any the nsa hade, information about people attacking dick cheney and others, waterboarding. the only time it came up as a debate in the intelligence committee was people from the nsa saying how tough it was to work with the fisa court, to get court orders, to follow up on the information we were getting. stamp, it isrubber- highly scrutinized. i realize the american people will say, do not worry, congress is looking out for you, that is not the greatest overconfidence. theeve me, people on intelligence committee take it seriously. mike rogers is extremely conscientious about that. this stuff is looked at very carefully. i do not see any significant violation of civil liberties, no significant -- like in 2009, it like one of those forest gump moments and you become a witness to history. i was the mayor bloomberg's home when he was entertaining the lord mayor of london. rupert murdoch was there, other powerful people, even tina brown like one of, to show you l it was. ray kelly was there as well. w
my experience with the nsa was, what we heard mainly over the last several years, before any the nsa hade, information about people attacking dick cheney and others, waterboarding. the only time it came up as a debate in the intelligence committee was people from the nsa saying how tough it was to work with the fisa court, to get court orders, to follow up on the information we were getting. stamp, it isrubber- highly scrutinized. i realize the american people will say, do not worry, congress...
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concerns about nsa spying? obviously this is ? (off mic) ? domestic politics, will obama in sideline conversations have to be reassuring or apologizing or lowering tensions on some of those concerns? ms. conley: well, i think he will certainly hear concerns expressed in his conversations in stockholm, both bilaterally as well as with the dinner with the nordic heads of government. clearly, i think, the focal point within europe is germany, and this has had significant ramifications both prior to the german election ? national elections on september the 22nd but also, i think, it goes much deeper. and i think initially, as the ? as the documents were released, there was a sense from the administration of just sort of being dismissive about it; that, you know, everyone engages in this practice; you know, this emotionalism/hysteria that was coming just needed to be downplayed. well, actually it?s now taken deep root, and it?s impacting the trans-atlantic relationship, particularly, again, the trans- atlantic trade and investment partnership, tti
concerns about nsa spying? obviously this is ? (off mic) ? domestic politics, will obama in sideline conversations have to be reassuring or apologizing or lowering tensions on some of those concerns? ms. conley: well, i think he will certainly hear concerns expressed in his conversations in stockholm, both bilaterally as well as with the dinner with the nordic heads of government. clearly, i think, the focal point within europe is germany, and this has had significant ramifications both prior...
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listened to by the nsa, no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. what the nsa does is collect metadata which means phone numbers of every call that's made, the time and the date. there's no names, no one's listening to the calls, all that information is stored. and because there is this threat -- and i've seen the intelligence, i know people always get burned, i've seen the intelligence, and if you knew what i knew, i'm trying to say that, basically, everyone who has looked at this and analyzed it, this is, i think, the most precise threat we've seen since, if not since september 11th, certainly since 2006 when there was a liquid explosive plot coming out of london which would have blown up ten airliners over the atlantic ocean which would have killed thousands and thousands of americans. but this plot is very specific as to the enormity of the attack, the catastrophic be nature of the attack that they want to car aout. and there are also a series of dates in there. but as far as the credibility of the sources, the quality of the intelligence, it i
listened to by the nsa, no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. what the nsa does is collect metadata which means phone numbers of every call that's made, the time and the date. there's no names, no one's listening to the calls, all that information is stored. and because there is this threat -- and i've seen the intelligence, i know people always get burned, i've seen the intelligence, and if you knew what i knew, i'm trying to say that, basically, everyone who has looked at...
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he's been general counsel for the nsa, advisor to eric holder, acting assistant attorney general for national security come and special counsel to the fbi director. his predecessor at the nctc is mike leiter. mike was the second director of the national counterterrorism center from 2007-2011. and he is now senior counselor to the ceo of the data analytic company, and is also a national security analyst for nbc news. so why don't we begin with a very broad question? and that is, what is the current state of the threat from terrorism? >> where does it emanate from and how serious is it? matt, why don't we start with you? >> thanks a lot, ryan. and it's great to be. it's always daunting to talk like us anlike you said we talka lot of these subjects today and follow john mclaughlin, but i'll give it a shot under over to you, mike. i would say right off the top the thread is very different now from a counterterrorism perspective from what it was 10 years ago certain and really even four years ago. speaking of in a couple of different levels. first, as has been noted, the threat from core
he's been general counsel for the nsa, advisor to eric holder, acting assistant attorney general for national security come and special counsel to the fbi director. his predecessor at the nctc is mike leiter. mike was the second director of the national counterterrorism center from 2007-2011. and he is now senior counselor to the ceo of the data analytic company, and is also a national security analyst for nbc news. so why don't we begin with a very broad question? and that is, what is the...
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and then the town hall extending the nsa surveillance program. under the current sequestration law, the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next 10 years. the brookings institution examined the effect of cuts on military preparedness. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to another panel discussion. this is dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way of doing something when nothing seemed worse. at least at that time. a joint committee was set up to control the spiraling deficit. congress warned that if they fail to come up with a solution sequestration would automatically although.-- automatically follow, meaning massive cuts in defense and all other programs. those cuts have now begun. the pentagon was alr
and then the town hall extending the nsa surveillance program. under the current sequestration law, the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next 10 years. the brookings institution examined the effect of cuts on military preparedness. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to another panel discussion. this is dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting...
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this has been a very quiet and subdued german election with very few issues, other than the nsa prism issue name first and foremost, so i don't anticipate extraordinary volatility leading up to september 22. >> just very quickly. i would say heather is right. i think that the euro crisis is no longer front and center as the main issue for the g20 leaders to discuss at this summit. but elements of, a, i guess i would first say i think certainly the u.s. and probably others are not going to be quite as comforted by one quarters, you know, modestly positive growth in thinking that the overall crisis is solved. and, second, i think there will be elements of the your situation, including germany's six, 7% of gdp current account surplus that will appear in the rebalancing conversation, or banking union will be something that people will be interested in and the progress on the in the financial discussion. .. >> fiscal consolidation has been part of the conversation at the -- >> we'll leave the last couple of minutes of this program to go live now to the national press club here in washingto
this has been a very quiet and subdued german election with very few issues, other than the nsa prism issue name first and foremost, so i don't anticipate extraordinary volatility leading up to september 22. >> just very quickly. i would say heather is right. i think that the euro crisis is no longer front and center as the main issue for the g20 leaders to discuss at this summit. but elements of, a, i guess i would first say i think certainly the u.s. and probably others are not going to...
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the germans at least were generous supplies the nsa was -- spying on its diplomats. what impact will that have on the summit? and practicalities in the way in which leaders will approach it. >> interesting. i mean, i think that's another data point in that the broader conversation. and you know, and i assume your point about practical issues that come you know, every delegations security team and come you know, i.t. team will be a little more vigilant. i don't really know how to answer the question because i think it is, it's part of a broader conversation, heather and andy have talked about. i don't think, as i said you're trying to add to your question, i don't see any kind of profound impact on the g20 conversation itself, but, you know, but it is an issue among the members who are there so it will probably be a part of that conversation. >> yes, right over here. >> i have a question. [inaudible] >> unless japan wanted to be mentioned as a specific example of how japan is taking on its fiscal challenges, it will almost certainly not be mentioned. this is a decisio
the germans at least were generous supplies the nsa was -- spying on its diplomats. what impact will that have on the summit? and practicalities in the way in which leaders will approach it. >> interesting. i mean, i think that's another data point in that the broader conversation. and you know, and i assume your point about practical issues that come you know, every delegations security team and come you know, i.t. team will be a little more vigilant. i don't really know how to answer...
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. , nasa could be nsa -- nsa could be recording this. not my friend. >> sir, what is your name? >> you don't need my name. i don't trust the irs. i don't trust anybody. you don't need my name. >> such a nice hunch of guys. irs is a bunch of nice people. my name is bill in case you cared about it. the me tell you something. i don't mind you distrusting. that is your prerogative. sometimes, not all the time. will being to you, you able to reconcile this if you come off the stick that you know all your answers. when you take the position that readre not going to anything else it doesn't fit you don't knowa, all the answers. >> what you want to agree on? >> if you disagree with anything i've said tonight, i am more than willing to sit, have a cup of coffee with you and we will discuss it. if you don't think that is important enough and i do, then maybe i am the fool and you know more than i do. >> i didn't call you a fool and i don't say i know everything. >> you are part of the group in your part of the party. >> nice to talk to, god bless you. wait a minute. we are going to wrap i
. , nasa could be nsa -- nsa could be recording this. not my friend. >> sir, what is your name? >> you don't need my name. i don't trust the irs. i don't trust anybody. you don't need my name. >> such a nice hunch of guys. irs is a bunch of nice people. my name is bill in case you cared about it. the me tell you something. i don't mind you distrusting. that is your prerogative. sometimes, not all the time. will being to you, you able to reconcile this if you come off the stick...
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now, a few weeks ago we add the former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas brake here at a press club luncheon, and he said that once employees are seeking to retain or renew security clearances and they're interviewed by investigators, one of the questions that they're asked at least some of the time is if you have ever had unlawful contact with a reporter. not unauthorized contact, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us, that was disturbing because we thought by merely asking that question in that context they're sending the message, intentional or not, that speaking to the press offline is forbidden and could even make you a security risk. now, obviously, the bradley manning and edward snowden leaks have raised the temperature on issue considerably, particularly in the security agencies. the no leaks message was made in a really hard core way. in a june 2012 defense department document, it was about a so-called insider threat program, and it was obtained recently by mcclap news, and it said, quote: leaking is tantamount to leaking the enemies of the united states, closed
now, a few weeks ago we add the former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas brake here at a press club luncheon, and he said that once employees are seeking to retain or renew security clearances and they're interviewed by investigators, one of the questions that they're asked at least some of the time is if you have ever had unlawful contact with a reporter. not unauthorized contact, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us, that was disturbing because we thought by merely asking that...
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take questions about his canceled meeting with russian president putin as well as the debt ceiling and nsa surveillance. we will bring it to you live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, former president george w. bush on immigration during a naturalization ceremony at the bush institute on july 10. following the ceremony, the institute hosted a series of panels looking at immigrant contributions to america. this is about two hours. >> wonderful. for theu, jim, introduction. thank you, ambassador. thank you immigrants who are joining us today and thank you to our audience here and watching us. this is being streamed on bushcenter.org. thank you. mentioned weador are here in texas. this is a relevant topic. it is relevant to american nationwide. especially to those of us in the lone star state caret it is an interesting comparison. growthject is the 4% project. we are trying to get u.s. gdp doubled rate it is now. in recent times, we have been growing 2.5% per year. we know we can do better. one way we know we can do better is that in the past we have grown a lot faster. over the past4% 60
take questions about his canceled meeting with russian president putin as well as the debt ceiling and nsa surveillance. we will bring it to you live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, former president george w. bush on immigration during a naturalization ceremony at the bush institute on july 10. following the ceremony, the institute hosted a series of panels looking at immigrant contributions to america. this is about two hours. >> wonderful. for theu, jim, introduction. thank you,...
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problem, not to get too far off topic, when you look at what has been problematic about the recent nsa disclosures we have been learning about, if you do not have members of congress, american people, knowing about what the government is doing, then, you do risk the sense this will be the kind of permanent war that will never end and you will never be able to grapple and that will create a bureaucracy. if you were to say we should , then you would effectively be saying, you do not think there is currently a war. the enemy gets a vote. they are voting they are still in war with us. that is where i am at. >> let me throw into the discussion i am sure president obama discussed, before the diplomatic outpost closing, that the author -- authorizations for the use of military force, they should consider repealing it. rebuilding it would be based on the narrative the war is winding down and al qaeda is being defeated. if we agree that is incorrect, then we also agree you need some kind of authorization for the u.s. to fight that were. .> that is right it is one of the things that can and shou
problem, not to get too far off topic, when you look at what has been problematic about the recent nsa disclosures we have been learning about, if you do not have members of congress, american people, knowing about what the government is doing, then, you do risk the sense this will be the kind of permanent war that will never end and you will never be able to grapple and that will create a bureaucracy. if you were to say we should , then you would effectively be saying, you do not think there...
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we will get reaction from house speaker john boehner on the russian decision to grant asylum former nsa contractor edward snowden. speaker john boehner also talked about the budget process in this 10 minute briefing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning, everyone. yesterday i met with the house chairman leading the investigation on benghazi. the chairman has been doing good work, much of it behind the again, but i stress once that we need to get to the bottom of what happened that terrible night, why it happened, and how we can prevent similar tragedies in the future. are also continuing to investigate the irs for its abusive power. there is nothing phony about these scandals, mr. president. when four americans are dead, not when the agency when enforcing your health care law has been harassing because of their political beliefs. the american people deserve answers and we will continue to fight for the truth, no matter how badly the administration wants to sweep these issues under the carpet. lea
we will get reaction from house speaker john boehner on the russian decision to grant asylum former nsa contractor edward snowden. speaker john boehner also talked about the budget process in this 10 minute briefing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning, everyone. yesterday i met with the house chairman leading the investigation on benghazi. the chairman has been doing good work, much of it behind...
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little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last decade -- over the last decade increasing lu the department of defense relies on facilities here in the united states in order to operate our forces abroad. and so when you look at the dependence of dod facilities, military bases here on privately-owned infrastructure, especially the electric grid for purposes of today, you can see the imperative for dod to be able to partner effectively not only with industry to assure the flow of those vital electricity services, but, of course, also with the department of energy and the department of homeland security which will always be with in the lead for the fed
little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last...
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that revealed that nsa has repeatedly broken privacy rule and overstepped the authority for years. and so leahy came out today with a statement saying that he remains concerned that congress is still not getting straight -- he hopes to hold another hearing when congress returns to get the -- >> how bad was the report they published on thursday. >> it's pretty damning. and just in worse physician than it was. with the survey less than program. and it also calls in to question the statement that the president made last week at thes press con friday at the white house or other statements that administration official have made. and the report showed that the nsa had procured private communications thousand of times without proper authorization. "the washington post did an analysis and found that most of the incident were unintended and that involved an unauthorized surveillance americans or foreign target in the united. senator leahy when congress returns in september going hold a -- where is congress on this? how far have they got ton the issue? is there any legislative solution to th
that revealed that nsa has repeatedly broken privacy rule and overstepped the authority for years. and so leahy came out today with a statement saying that he remains concerned that congress is still not getting straight -- he hopes to hold another hearing when congress returns to get the -- >> how bad was the report they published on thursday. >> it's pretty damning. and just in worse physician than it was. with the survey less than program. and it also calls in to question the...